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| gelignite (JEL-ig-niit) | n. An explosive mixture composed or nitroglycerine, guncotton, wood pulp, and potassium nitrate. |
| gibbosity | n. pl. 1. The condition of being gibbous. 2. A rounded hump or protuberance. No origin |
| glossitis | n. Inflammation of the tongue. no origin |
| gloxinia | n. Any of several tropical South American plants of the genus Sinningia, especially S. speciosa, cultivated as a houseplant for its showy, variously colored flowers. New Latin, after Benjamin Peter Gloxin, 18th-century German Botanist |
| googol | n. The number 10 raised to the power of 100(10(100)), written out as the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. [Coined at the age of nine by Milton Sirotta, nephew of Edward Kasner (1878-1955), American mathematician.] |
| gueridon | n. A small round table. |
| habiliments (plural of habiliment) | n. 1. Often habiliments. a. The special dress or garb associated with an occasion or office. b. Clothes. 2. habiliments. Characteristic furnishings or equipments; trappings. syns: apparel, raiment, accouterments, vesments: gear apparatus, materiel. |
| hamadryad | n. pl. 1. Greek Mythology. Roman Mythology. A wood nymph who lives only as long as the tree of which she is the spirit lives. 2. n. A large venomous snake of southeast Asia and the Philippines that can grow to a length of 5.5 meters(18th). |
| hauberk | n. A long tunic made of chain mail. |
| helminth | n. A worm, especially a parasitic roundworm or tapeworm. |
| heptastich (HEP-tuh-stik) | n. A stanza or strophe consisting of 7 lines. No origin prolly greek hepta-7 |
| hispid | adj. Covered with stiff or rough hairs; bristly. |
| hocus-pocus | n. 1. Nonsense words or phrases used as a formula by quack conjurers. 2. A trick performed by a magician or juggler; sleight-of-hand. 3. Foolishness or empty pretense used especially to disguise deception or chicanery.tr. v. To play tricks on; deceive. prolly an alteration of latin hoc est corpus- this is my body syns: noun-mumbo jumbo, incantation, abracadabra: legerdemain, prestidigitation, jugglery: trickery, deceit, ruse, guile verb- hoodwink, dupe, inveigle |
| hoeing | tr. 1. To week, cultivate, or dig up with a hoe. intr- To work with a hoe. syns: cultivatin, tilling, weeding |
| Hogmanay | n. Scots. 1. The eve of New Year's Day, on which children traditionally go from house to house asking for presents. 2. A present requested or given on this day. origin unknown. |
| hologynic (hahl-uh-JIN-ik) | adj. Passing to successive generations only in femals. No origin given prolly ISV |
| huckster | n. 1. One who sells wares or provisions in te street; a peddler or hawker. 2. One who uses aggressive, showy, and sometimes devious methods to promote or sell a product. 3. Informal. One who writes advertising copy, especially for radio or television. tr. 1. To sell; peddle. 2. To promote or attempt to sell in an overaggressive or showy manner. 3. To haggly over; deal in intr. To engage in haggling. syns: noun--d1 venor, concessionaire: d3 adman, publicist. |
| hurly-burly | n. pl. Noisy confusion; tumult. [Alteration an reduplication of hurling, gerund of hurl.] syns: commotion, hubbub, turmoil. |
